Asia Smart Innovation Awards 2025 Winners Announced Hong Kong Takes Silver and Bronze in Lifestyle and Culture Category Thailand Wins Inaugural Grand Award

HONG KONG, Oct. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA) held the Asia Smart Innovation Awards 2025 Presentation Ceremony at Cordis Hong Kong on 16 October 2025. Organized by WTIA and sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA), the Awards are co-organized with companions from 17 different Asian nations and areas. The Awards purpose to acknowledge excellent achievements in sensible expertise and modern functions throughout Asia, present a platform for native and abroad builders to community, promote {industry} growth, help enterprises in enterprise enlargement, and encourage the broader adoption of sensible expertise and inventive options all through Hong Kong and Asia.

Grand Award Winner: RIFFAI from Thailand

RIFFAI from Thailand received the Asia Smart Innovation Grand Award 2025 with its challenge “Shorten Site Search & Selection in Energy Industry with Satellite & AI,” which additionally claimed the Gold Award within the Business and Commercial class. RIFFAI’s platform integrates high-resolution satellite tv for pc imagery with proprietary neural networks to revolutionize web site choice processes within the power sector. By analyzing multispectral information to detect land use patterns, local weather dangers, and power asset distribution with precision, the expertise dramatically reduces the time and value required for power infrastructure planning whereas enabling real-time monitoring and predictive analytics.

Hong Kong Participants Secure Two Positions in Lifestyle and Culture Category

Hong Kong individuals occupied two finalist positions within the Lifestyle and Culture class. The Silver Award went to 417 Technology Limited, a earlier Asia Smart App Awards winner, for its challenge Wonderland. Wonderland transforms STEM training by turning college students into lively creators via sport design and AI-assisted studying. The platform allows college students to design their very own digital experiences whereas growing coding, design pondering, collaboration, and creativity expertise. Wonderland options AI Buddies that present customized steerage tailored to particular person studying types, making STEM training accessible and interesting for college students from all backgrounds.

The Bronze Award winner, SMART IGNITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, additionally obtained the Special Mention Award for Best Startup. Its CenWatch challenge represents a breakthrough within the transition from cellular to wearable Internet with its modern “light AR + heavy watch” structure. The system combines light-weight AR glasses for immersive show with a classy watch that integrates computing and connectivity features. The core wrist-mounted LiDAR expertise captures sub-millimeter finger actions in mid-air, mixed with IMU and multi-modal fusion algorithms for exact gesture recognition. Users can swipe, kind, and write in house with out bodily contact. The Gold Award on this class went to Kaz Software Ltd from Bangladesh.

Public Sector and Social Innovation Category

The Gold Award within the Public Sector and Social Innovation class was offered to bitsensing Inc from Korea for TraXight™, a next-generation Intelligent Transportation System that integrates radar, digicam, and AI applied sciences for real-time visitors circulate evaluation, incident detection, and sign optimization. Evolved via the 2025 Verona Ok-City Network pilot program, TraXight™ can detect violations, simulate visitors insurance policies, and optimize congestion in complicated city environments. The system transforms uncooked visitors information into actionable insights, enabling governments to handle mobility proactively with correct diagnostics, real-time management, and scalable infrastructure. Other finalists competing throughout the three classes included sensible options from Israel, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

Since its debut in 2013, the Asia Smart App Awards (predecessor to the present Awards) have obtained over 1,400 entries from throughout Asia and have grow to be a extremely acknowledged authority and annual spotlight for the regional sensible expertise sector. This 12 months, the Awards have been formally upgraded and renamed because the “Asia Smart Innovation Awards,” increasing its scope past cellular functions to incorporate IoT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain, large information, cloud computing, AR/VR, and different rising sensible applied sciences. This enlargement displays the various growth of sensible options within the area, retains tempo with international developments, and cements Hong Kong’s management place inside Asia’s expertise ecosystem. This 12 months’s Awards proceed the collaboration with organizations from Hong Kong and 17 different Asian nations and areas, together with the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Pakistan, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, India, Cambodia, and Bangladesh. Representatives from these areas served as judges and took part within the Asia Smart Innovation Awards Summit.

The Award Presentation Ceremony was officiated by Dr Lawrence Cheung, Chief Technology Officer of the Hong Kong Productivity Council, and Mr. Keith Li, Chairman of the Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association.

Mr. Keith Li, Chairman of WTIA, said on the award ceremony: “In alignment with the HKSAR Government’s policy to advance innovation and technology development, we have been committed to helping our local tech industry ‘go global’ and actively fostering cross-regional collaboration and exchange. This year’s Asia Smart Innovation Awards brings together partners from 17 Asian countries and regions, exemplifying our association’s vital role as a regional technology bridge. Through this platform, Hong Kong developers compete alongside the world’s top teams, not only showcasing exceptional creativity and capabilities but also further cementing Hong Kong’s leadership as an international innovation and technology hub. With the rise of artificial intelligence, IoT, and other emerging technologies, we will continue to create more cross-regional collaboration opportunities for the industry and drive Hong Kong’s development as Asia’s smart innovation nexus.”

The Asia Smart Innovation Awards 2025 featured three award classes: Public Sector and Social Innovation, Business and Commercial, and Lifestyle and Culture. Among the 9 finalists, three have been from Hong Kong, with the rest from Israel, Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, and Bangladesh, competing for Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards in every class. The Grand Award winner was chosen from among the many Gold Award recipients throughout all three classes.

Additionally, this 12 months’s awards launched two particular point out classes—the Special Mention Award for Best Startup and the Special Mention Award for Best User Experience—open to groups from Hong Kong and different taking part Asian nations or areas. The “Best Startup” award was received by SMART IGNITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED for its CenWatch, whereas the “Best User Experience” award went to Mocart, developed by an Israeli enterprise.

Asia Smart Innovation Awards 2025 Winners:

Grand Award
Winner: RIFFAI (Thailand)

Public Sector and Social Innovation
Gold Award: bitsensing Inc. (Korea)
Silver Award: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (Hong Kong, China)
Bronze Award: ILOTUSLAND VIET NAM JOINT STOCK COMPANY (Vietnam)

Business and Commercial
Gold Award: RIFFAI (Thailand)
Silver Award: Meraque Services Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
Bronze Award: Mocart (Israel)

Lifestyle and Culture
Gold Award: Kaz Software Ltd (Bangladesh)
Silver Award: 417 Technology Limited (Hong Kong, China)
Bronze Award: SMART IGNITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Hong Kong, China)

Special Mention Award – Best Startup
Winner: SMART IGNITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Hong Kong, China)

Special Mention Award – Best User Experience
Winner: Mocart (Israel)

*Certificates of Merit have been additionally awarded in every class. For the entire winner checklist, please go to

The Asia Smart Innovation Awards have lengthy been a milestone for Hong Kong’s innovation and expertise sector. To date, Hong Kong individuals have received over 130 awards, together with Grand, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Merit Awards, demonstrating town’s modern prowess. The widespread adoption of app shops and expertise platforms has considerably inspired younger artistic skills to hitch the {industry}, offering alternatives for the brand new technology of builders to innovate and compete on a worldwide stage. The Awards purpose to drive creativity in software design and growth, foster cross-sector and cross-regional collaboration, and speed up the adoption of modern options. Notable success tales embody Photomyne from Israel, which developed AI-powered offline photograph scanning expertise, and “Present AR,” an AR interactive storytelling app by Hong Kong’s 417 Technology Limited—each serving as benchmarks for innovation in Asia.

WTIA stays dedicated to enhancing the attain of those awards throughout Asia, bolstering the event of the native sensible innovation {industry}, and facilitating native sensible expertise expertise in enterprise enlargement. The awards have drawn individuals from an growing variety of Asian nations and areas, together with Hong Kong, China, Chinese mainland, Taiwan, China, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, India, Cambodia, and Bangladesh, offering a wonderful platform for alternate inside Asia’s innovation and expertise sector.

In addition to the Asia Smart Innovation Awards 2025 Presentation Ceremony held within the afternoon, the Asia Smart Innovation Summit 2025 was held on the identical day (16 October), convening 18 representatives from Hong Kong and different Asian nations/areas to share their insights.

The organizers specific their gratitude for the funding from the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA), and for the robust assist from varied companions, supporting organizations, and audio system. The highlights of all occasions will likely be uploaded to  for overview by all sectors.

About the Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association

The Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA), established in 2001, is a not-for revenue, politically-neutral commerce affiliation devoted to the wi-fi and cellular {industry}. The WTIA acts as a platform, an aggregator, and a group for {industry} professionals to be taught and drive rising wi-fi and cellular applied sciences, governance, and requirements. It facilitates networking between like-minded professionals, enhance interoperability between networks and gadgets, and strives to assist all organisations apply these applied sciences to present or new companies. The WTIA additionally represents and is supported by digital industries pertaining to cellular akin to digital leisure, digital advertising and marketing & media, and start-up sectors. To know extra concerning the WTIA, please go to http://www.hkwtia.org. 

About Asia Smart Innovation Awards (ASIA)

The Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA), proudly presents The Asia Smart Innovation Awards 2025 (previously referred to as the Asia Smart App Awards). This 12 months marks a big transformation, increasing its scope to rejoice not solely sensible apps but in addition modern sensible options throughout industries akin to media, digital artwork, and leisure. The awards unite 17 regional co-organisers from throughout Asia, together with Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, the Mainland, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan (NEW), the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, China, Thailand, and Vietnam. This collaborative effort highlights Hong Kong’s pivotal position as a key connector within the area’s tech ecosystem, fostering technological development and showcasing transformative improvements. For extra particulars concerning the ASIA, please go to: 

About the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency

The Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) established in June 2024, previously referred to as Create Hong Kong (CreateHK), is a devoted workplace arrange by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region beneath the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau to offer one-stop companies and assist to the cultural and inventive industries with a mission to foster a conducive setting in Hong Kong to facilitate the event of arts, tradition and inventive sectors as industries. Its strategic foci are nurturing expertise and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, selling cross-sectoral and cross-genre collaboration, selling the event of arts, tradition and inventive sectors as industries beneath the industry-oriented precept, and selling Hong Kong as Asia’s artistic capital and fostering a artistic ambiance in the neighborhood to implement Hong Kong’s positioning because the East-meets-West centre for worldwide cultural alternate beneath the National 14th Five-Year Plan. CCIDA’s web site: www.ccidahk.gov.hk.

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